How much is it worth in pieces?

[GTwolf]

I think they're nice cars. Nice inside and fairly roomy. They look nice too.

That's what I was thinking. An 04+ body style black on black with nav and maybe some light tint would make me not want another car for quite awhile.

 

[Soulonfire11]

Just buy a honda accord loaded. Its basically the same car

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Sometimes it's nice to drive adult cars and not matchbox cars.

A nice, cushy, quiet and comfortable ride is great for a daily driver. It's not like you'll be drag racing every stop light during rush hour.

 

[GTwolf]

Just buy a honda accord loaded. Its basically the same car

Hondas bore the crap out of me. I've been in a loaded accord and it's definitely not the same car. Completely different body style (even though yes I know they basically share the same frame ect), better sound system, more options, acuras navigation system, better seats, nicer cluster, different wheels, more comfortable...I could keep listing shit but they're two completely different cars. I'm not saying the accord aren't nice cars, I'd drive one as a DD if I could own a second fun car, but hondas are just too point a to point b appliancey to me. They also come stock with a 283hp v6, not sure if the accord comes with that too or not though.

 

[GTwolf]

Also, the more I think about it I probably do not have the time or tools for a full part out, so if someone has an extra L36 top end laying around from a topswap or something let me know. Mine was apparently thrown out .

 

[slowchevy]

but hondas are just too point a to point b appliancey to me..

That's like saying a Regal is boring but a Grand Prix is exciting. While it might be a little bit tarted up, it's still a fuckin Regal underneath all that fancy bodywork.

That said, the TL Really isn't anything but an Accord.

Reasons why I wouldn't want a TL?

1. Middle aged women drive them.
2. Douchebags drive them.
3. The transmissions are a bigger ticking time bomb than the 4T65 until the latest generation..
4. It's a fucking fancy-fied Accord that's $10,000 more than the actual Accord.
5. They ride like cheap garbage. I've ridden in base model Cavaliers that felt better.

I drove the top notch TL Type S, and I was honestly more impressed with a fucking Cavalier.

And for giggles, here's Britain's Honda Accord.

It's not to say it isn't a good car.. a lot of people like them.. but I'd stay away from the faux luxury bullshit.

 

[Yaj Yak]

i dig the tl's and am pretty sure quite a few people will back me up here...

 

[slowchevy]

The only real complaint I would have is that the transmissions aren't the best for their reliability track record and that they ride way too rough.

 

[Yaj Yak]

it looks like you had quite a few more complaints than that...

 

[slowchevy]

why u mad kj?

 

[Yaj Yak]

im not mad. im just trying to prevent you from convincing someone not to look at a decent car because you are "more impressed with a cavalier" and talking out of your ass.

 

[PANDA]

s00ls where do you drive all these cars?

 

[L36 SS]

Seems like any car someone is looking at, he's already drove and has negative reviews on it.

 

[slowchevy]

im not mad. im just trying to prevent you from convincing someone not to look at a decent car because you are "more impressed with a cavalier" and talking out of your ass.

I don't know where you get off thinking I'm "talking out of my ass" when it's true. The ride is stiffer than a MINI S, the transmissions are garbage and shift like shit whether it's manual or automatic, and they really are nothing but a fancy Accord. Honda RUINED that platform when they made that car. Then again, this is my pure opinion and isn't right or wrong in the end, just an opinion.. so no, I'm not talking out of my ass.

s00ls where do you drive all these cars?

I have quite a few connections.

A great example is one of the local Chevy dealers, I'm on a first name basis with the owner of the dealership to the point where I went in for parts for the Impala a few weeks ago and he handed me the keys to a 2011 Camaro SS M6 vert and told me to tell him what I thought afterwards.

 

[Yaj Yak]

if i worked for that dealer you would annoy the fuck out of me.

 

[slowchevy]

and if you annoyed me, you wouldn't have the job after...

 

[Yaj Yak]

 

[radioguy6]

The 04-08 TL is a nice car, the 07-08 TL-S are just sick. If Honda didnt swing so hard for wrong wheel drive, it would be damn near perfect. I considered one but I went with it's direct competitor instead

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Comes in awd

 

[radioguy6]

Comes in awd

The latest 09+ models are available in AWD. But its still a FWD-biased system.

 

[GTwolf]

i dig the tl's and am pretty sure quite a few people will back me up here...

I love TLs. Currently a black/black tl with nav is probably my favorite car (that actually seems fairly attainable). I've driven a couple, the ride isn't incredible, but it's better than my gps ride by a long shot. That thing about the transmissions kinda bugs me though...I've never heard about it before but it's something to think about for sure if it's true.

The 04-08 TL is a nice car, the 07-08 TL-S are just sick. If Honda didnt swing so hard for wrong wheel drive, it would be damn near perfect. I considered one but I went with it's direct competitor instead

I would love an 07-08 type S, but totally out of my price range .

 

[smug]

This guy is bashing loaded Accords and Acura TL's when he drives a sloppy 200K mile Impala. I suppose that rides and shifts better too.

 

[Soulonfire11]

I think people get too worked up. Yes the honda accord and acura tl are built on the same platform and have the same v6 ect. Personally I just get pissed when car companies rebadge economy cars as luxury cars. Aka lexus and acura (buick is guilty too)

Get a infiniti g35, infinitis ride and drive great, reliable, rwd.

 

[slowchevy]

This guy is bashing loaded Accords and Acura TL's when he drives a sloppy 200K mile Impala. I suppose that rides and shifts better too.

pump your brakes. I Said it was a fancy accord, nothing more. I don't have a complaint with the accords. they actually ride better IMO than a TL , look better , and all that junk. don't hate.

 

[GTwolf]

I see absolutely nothing about these cars that could possibly make it a rebadged accord. Body, wheels, stereo, navigation system, seats, steering wheel, dashboard, gauge cluster, shifter, windows, doors, sunroof, suspension...literally everything about the car is completely different. When I think of 2 cars that are "basically the same car" I think of something like cavaliers and sunfires. Literally the same exact shit through the whole car, and a lot of the body parts are even the same. They pretty much just slightly redesigned the front and rear bumpers (and tweaked the hood a bit for the gt), slapped a pontiac logo on the steering wheel and called it a day. With the exception of drivetrains in the older models, acuras and hondas are two completely different cars to me.